Table 32c: Education - Live-born infants with low birthweight (<2,500 grams), by mother's education, United States, 2000

	Total		Less than high school graduate*		High school graduate*		At least some college*
Population group	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
Total	307,030	7.6	47,561	8.2	88,128	7.9	120,410	6.6
Mother's age
20-24	77,324	7.6	22,293	8.1	34,046	7.7	19,606	6.9
25-29	72,736	6.7	12,119	7.5	23,862	7.3	35,394	6.1
30-34	63,949	6.9	7,483	8.3	17,580	8.1	37,593	6.2
35 and over	47,224	8.7	5,666	10.7	12,640	10.1	27,817	7.7
Mother's race
American Indian or Alaska Native	2,811	6.8	550	7.2	914	6.7	738	6.5
Asian	8,968	7.1	674	6.7	1,850	7.3	5,896	6.9
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	585	6.6	66	8.7	236	6.3	143	5.1
Black or African American	80,778	13	12,334	14.8	26,167	13	23,773	11.6
White	208,818	6.5	33,373	7.1	57,747	6.8	87,268	5.8
Mother's ethnicity
Hispanic	52,247	6.4	17,719	6	12,899	6.2	10,245	6.2
Non-Hispanic	251,622	7.9	29,537	10.6	74,487	8.3	109,101	6.6
Black or African American	79,243	13.1	12,069	15.2	25,744	13.1	23,330	11.7
White	155,648	6.6	15,714	9	44,712	6.9	76,616	5.8

*Education data are for persons age 20 and older only.

Note: The population categories used in this table are as reported from the source of the data (see below).

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Vital Statistics System.

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